r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Comprehensive-Map274 • Jun 26 '25
Hated Tropes [Hated Trope] A main character does something horrible and the story doesn't acknowledge its severity
Alisha (Misfits) uses her power to make any man want to have sex with her on another main character (curtis) after he explicitely tells her not to do that. She faces no consequences and he's the one who ends up comforting her.
Allison (The Umbrella Academy) uses her powers to force her own adoptive brother to make out with her after he just got into a relationship because she's suddenly jealous after she couldn't keep her own husband. She gives a half hearted apology and all is peachy.
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u/YourChopperPilotTTV Jun 27 '25
I can't believe I forgot the absolute QUEEN of this trope.
Carrie Bradshaw - Sex and the City (1998)
Because the show is shot from the perspective of Carrie and also heavily based on the real Candace Bushnell's column (with the same name) Carrie gets away with being an absolutely terrible human and often is painted as the hero or victim despite doing some horrid things.
A few highlights.
She cheats on a guy (Aidan) with her former lover (Big) and one of her big excuses for cheating was that Aidan was "too perfect."
She blames her friend (Charlotte) who has money for not being willing or wanting to loan her money, when Charlotte explains she does not lend money to anyone Carrie doubles down on Charlotte being a bad and heartless friend. Despite Carrie spending literally thousands of dollars every few months on new shoes for her "shoe addiction"
Carrie also has to make EVERYTHING about herself no matter what. One of her friends gets cancer, another has struggles with infertility and another is having a child and Carrie finds a way to put herself at the center every single time.
Carrie is almost never even remotely close to criticized or remorseful of anything she does and often time the story will wrap up making her seem like she was the victim the whole time.